Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:58:10 -0400 Reply-To: Evolutionary Computation Digest <[log in to unmask]> Sender: Evolutionary Computation Digest <[log in to unmask]> From: Ozlem Ozmen Garibay <[log in to unmask]> Subject: EC-Digest v21n3 Comments: To: [log in to unmask] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Evolutionary Computation Digest Thursday, March, 22 2007 Volume 21 : Issue 3 SUBMISSION ADDRESS: [log in to unmask] LIST INFORMATION: http://ec-digest.research.ucf.edu/ OLD LIST ARCHIVE: http://www.aic.nrl.navy.mil/galist/ NEW LIST ARCHIVE: http://listserv.gmu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=EC-DIGEST-L (UN)SUBSCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS: at the bottom of this email -------------------------------- Today's Topics: ANNOUNCEMENTS ------------- - EuroGP 2007 contents bibtex online - SIGEVOlution Volume 1, Issue 4 - Future Directions in Soft Computing - First Summer Course - GEP Online Bibliography - Update - Cranfield Junior Research Fellowship - Fully Funded PhD Studentship - New Journal: JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL EVOLUTION AND APPLICATIONS - Questions & Answers about GEP CFPs ---- - Doctoral Symposium on Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms - DACI Workshop, GECCO 2007 - First CFP: 8th International Conference on Artificial Evolution (EA'07) - CFP: WS on Evolutionary Computation and Multi-Agent Systems - CFP: GECCO 2007 graduate workshop - GECCO-07 workshop CFP - "Particle Swarms: The Second Decade" - Announcement: GECCO 2007 Undergraduate Student Workshop - First Call for Papers Complex'07, Gold Coast Australia, July 2007 - CFP - WS on Innovative Applications of Data Mining in the Real World - EvoDOP 2007 Deadline Extended To March 23, 2007 - IICAI-07: call for papers - LEC 2007 Paper Submissions Deadline Extension - IEEE CEC 2007 Singapore-Extended Deadline for Paper Submissions: March 31 - ECAL2007 news - Call for book chapters - IPCAT 2007 - second call for papers - Extended Dedline for GECCO-07 wS on the Evol. of Natural and Artif... - 2nd Workshop on Parallel Bioinspired Algorithms - Extended Deadline: Special Session "Theoretical Foundations of Evol... - Differential Evolution at CEC-2007: Deadline Extended March 31 - ICANN'07 paper deadline extension (April 6) -------------------------------- CALENDAR OF GA-RELATED ACTIVITIES: (with EC-Digest issue reference) EVO*-07, EuroGP,EvoCOP,EvoBIO,EvoWorkshops,Valencia,Spain,Apr 11-13,07 (v20n10) GECCO-2007, Genetic and Evolutionary Conference, London,UK,July 7-11,07 (v21n1) IEEE CEC-07, IEEE Cong. on Evolutionary Comp, Singapore, Sept 25-28,07 (v20n10) Send announcements of other activities to [log in to unmask] -------------------------------- Sender: Langdon W B <[log in to unmask]> Subject: EuroGP 2007 contents bibtex online The papers that will shortly be presented at EuroGP in Spain are now incorporated into the genetic programming bibliography. My thanks to Aniko Ekart. GP Bibliography: http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/~wbl/biblio/ http://evonet.lri.fr/TikiWiki/tiki-index.php?page=EuroGP W. B. Langdon, Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK http://www.essex.ac.uk/maths/staff/langdon/ -------------------------------- Sender: Pier Luca Lanzi <[log in to unmask]> Subject: SIGEVOlution Volume 1, Issue 4 The new issue of SIGEVOlution, the newsletter of the ACM Special Interest Group for Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, is now available for you to download from: http://www.sigevolution.org The issue features: * GA in Municipal Water Systems by Zheng Yi Wu * Building Bridges by Juan-Julian Merelo & Carlos Cotta * Web Usage of the GP Bibliography by William B. Langdon * GECCO-2007 News * Dissertation corner * Forthcoming papers * Calls & calendar The newsletter is intended to be viewed electronically. Pier Luca Lanzi (EIC) -------------------------------- Sender: Christian Borgelt <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Future Directions in Soft Computing - First Summer Course The first summer course on Future Directions in Soft Computing will take place in Mieres, Asturias, Spain, July 9 - 13, 2007, and is organized by the European Centre for Soft Computing. http://www.softcomputing.es/ OBJECTIVE Soft Computing is a discipline that deals with the design of hybrid intelligent systems which, in contrast to classical hard computing techniques, are tolerant to imprecision, uncertainty, partial truth, and approximation. Thus tractable, robust, and low cost solutions to real-world problems are achieved. The main constituents of Soft Computing are fuzzy logic, neural networks, evolutionary computation, and probabilistic reasoning. Since the term Soft Computing was coined at the beginning of the 90s, this area has experienced a rapid development of its fundamentals as well as its applications. The summer course reviews the fundamentals of this discipline, describes many real-world applications, and, in particular, treats new trends and future directions of the field. Participants will gain insight into the potential of soft computing techniques and the state of the art in the area. To achieve this, the lecturers have been selected from the leaders of the different branches of Soft Computing. TOPICS 1. Fundamentals and New Trends on Fuzzy Set Theory - Fuzzy Systems 2. Fundamentals and New Trends on Evolutionary Computation 3. Fundamentals and New Trends on Neural Networks 4. Computing with Words and Linguistic Data Mining 5. Fusion of Soft Computing Tools 6. Applications of Soft Computing LECTURERS * Piero Bonissone (General Electric R&D) * Christian Borgelt (ECSC) * Oscar Cordon (ECSC) * Francisco Herrera (University of Granada) * Bob John (Monfort University) * Janusz Kacprzyk (Polish Academy of Sciences) * Frank Klawonn (University of Applied Sciences Braunschweig/Wolfenbuttel) * Rudolph Kruse (University of Magdeburg) * Pedro Larranaga (University of the Basque Country) * Claudio Moraga (ECSC) * Enric Trillas (ECSC) FEES The course fee is 600 Euro for non-student participants and 325 Euro for undergraduate or Ph.D. students able to certify this situation. This covers the registration fee plus lunch, coffee breaks, and social activities. Several institutions offer different scholarships. REGISTRATION http://www.softcomputing.es/summercourse/registration.html VENUE Scientific-Technological Building of the University of Oviedo, Calle de Gonzalo Gutierrez Quiros s/n, 33600 Mieres, Asturias, Spain. ACCOMODATION http://www.softcomputing.es/summercourse/accomodation.html For further information, please visit http://www.softcomputing.es/summercourse [... edited due to length .... ] -------------------------------- Sender: Candida Ferreira <[log in to unmask]> Subject: GEP Online Bibliography - Update Dear Colleagues, The number of papers in the GEP Online Bibliography grew tremendously in the last few months (39 by the time of the last update and 87 now). This was a wonderful surprise for me and just seeing GEP being applied to so many different fields by so many people is just great. Please check the latest entries at: http://www.gene-expression-programming.com/GEPBiblio.asp As the number of papers on GEP grows, it's proving to be very hard for me to keep the biblio up to date. I have plans to automate the entries and make the biblio searchable (any help or suggestions will be greatly appreciated), but till then it would be a great help if you could send me the complete reference of your work together with the link to the paper or DOI. The link is not mandatory but it is essential if you want your paper to be read by a wider audience. Best wishes, Candida --- Candida Ferreira, Ph.D. Founder and Director, Gepsoft http://www.gene-expression-programming.com/author.asp GEP: Mathematical Modeling by an Artificial Intelligence 2nd Edition, Springer-Verlag, 2006 http://www.gene-expression-programming.com/Books/index.asp Modeling Software: http://www.gepsoft.com/ -------------------------------- Sender: Tiwari, Ashutosh <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Cranfield Junior Research Fellowship - Fully Funded PhD Studentship NEW RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY AT CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY Cranfield Junior Research Fellowship (Fully Funded PhD Studentship) on Handling Uncertainty in Real-Time Multi-Objective Optimisation Duration: 3 Years (starting as soon as possible) Supervisors: Dr Ashutosh Tiwari and Dr Evan Hughes LAST DATE FOR APPLICATION: 30 MARCH 2007 Cranfield University is now advertising for a CRANFIELD JUNIOR RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (FULLY FUNDED PHD STUDENTSHIP) on 'Handling Uncertainty in Real-Time Multi-Objective Optimisation'. Cranfield University is a leading centre in engineering design optimisation and applied soft computing. Leveraging on Cranfield's expertise in these areas, this project aims to develop techniques for handling real-time multi-objective optimisation by accounting for modelling uncertainty and error using soft computing. Many industrial processes require constant adjustment in order to maximise efficiency and maintain product quality. Unfortunately, the necessary adjustments cannot often be pre-calculated and an optimisation process must be run on-line to identify the ideal operating parameter configuration. Inherently, industrial systems need more than one quantity to be optimised simultaneously, leading to many possible multi-objective solutions. To compound the optimisation problem, the system model being optimised is reliant on noisy measurements of the current environmental state, and also process models are always simplifications and therefore in error to some degree. The challenge is to develop on-line multi-objective optimisation algorithms which are accurate and efficient and whose behaviour is understood in the presence of measurement and modelling errors. Applicants should have a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree (or its equivalent) in Computer Science or Mechanical Engineering or other Engineering disciplines. In addition, an MSc degree in these disciplines or research/work experience in soft computing and/or engineering design optimisation would be beneficial. Interested graduate/postgraduate students with relevant background are invited to submit their detailed CV and application form. Funding of up to ?15,000 per year is available to suitably qualified candidates. In addition, tuition fees at the UK/EU rate will be paid by the University. Application form is available at: http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/prospectus/app/pgappform.pdf Please send your detailed CV and application form to: Dr Ashutosh Tiwari Decision Engineering Centre, Manufacturing Department School of Applied Sciences Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: +44 (0) 1234 758250, Fax: +44 (0) 1234 754605 [... edited due to length .... ] -------------------------------- Sender: Stefano Cagnoni <[log in to unmask]> Subject: New Journal: JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL EVOLUTION AND APPLICATIONS Dear researcher, Let me introduce you to a new publication. Journal of Artificial Evolution and Applications aims at being a reference for all researchers and practitioners who study the theory and application of methodologies pertaining to Evolutionary Computation and related fields. Original contributions are sought describing recent achievements in Evolutionary Computation research, with particular, but not exclusive, regard to: Genetic Algorithms Genetic Programming Evolutionary Programming Evolution Strategies Swarm Intelligence Learning Classifier Systems Artificial Immune Systems Co-evolution Interactive Evolution Evolvable Hardware Hybrid approaches relying on the joint use of Evolutionary Computation methods and other Computational Intelligence and optimization methods Previously unpublished reports on applications of Evolutionary Computation techniques to problems of industrial, technological and social relevance are particularly solicited, including, but not limited to: Cobinatorial and Stochastic Optimization of Industrial Processes Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Communication and Networking Technologies Transportation and Logistics In-depth reviews of the state of the art in any of the theoretical or application fields listed above are also accepted. The web site of the Journal is now open at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jaea. I warmly invite you to visit the site for further details on the journal. As regards the Open Access policy of the Journal (free online access to the full text of papers paid for by contribution of authors of published contributions), the publisher has decided to apply the following fees for 2007: FREE publication of all accepted papers submitted by July 31 For all accepted papers submitted from August to December 2007: - Free publication of the first 6 pages - 100 Euros fee per extra page As regards submission of contributions, it is now open. I am obviously asking you to consider submitting your work to the Journal and to publicize it with your colleagues and collaborators. As regards the editorial policy, my aim is to keep the journal as 'orthogonal' to the other journals in the field of Evolutionary Computation as possible by: - focusing mainly on applications, which should favour interdisciplinary research and participation of members of other communities than Evolutionary Computation. - organizing special issues, which would allow the journal to be the source for the most up-to-date contributions on the corresponding themes, also thanks to the Open Access editorial policy, which allows papers to be available online to everybody as soon as they are accepted. I look forward to receiving your submissions Stefano Cagnoni Editor-in-Chief Journal of Artificial Evolution and Applications [... edited due to length .... ] -------------------------------- Sender: Candida Ferreira <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Questions & Answers about GEP Dear Colleagues, I compiled some of the questions I answered over the years about GEP through email. Answering all of them took time and effort and I thought it would be great if others could learn from them. They span quite a few years and cover a lot of ground, but each one of them is self-contained and hopefully you'll find them also of interest to you. For privacy sake, I removed any references that could identify the people involved. They can be found at: http://www.gene-expression-programming.com/Q&A.asp Best wishes, Candida Ferreira, Ph.D. Founder and Director, Gepsoft http://www.gene-expression-programming.com/author.asp GEP: Mathematical Modeling by an Artificial Intelligence 2nd Edition, Springer-Verlag, 2006 http://www.gene-expression-programming.com/Books/index.asp Modeling Software: http://www.gepsoft.com/ -------------------------------- Sender: Enda Ridge <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Doctoral Symposium on Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms Doctoral Symposium on Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms 2007 (SLS-DS2007) http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/sls2007/doctoral_symposium Brussels, Belgium, September 6th-8th, 2007 part of the Int'l Workshop on Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/sls2007/ The Doctoral Symposium on Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms (SLS-DS) is part of the Workshop on Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms in Brussels, Belgium, on 6-8 September 2007. The Doctoral Symposium is a constructive and friendly forum where doctoral students can: 1. present their research and obtain constructive feedback from senior researchers 2. establish contact with other students at a similar stage in their careers 3. experience an international research event. The goal of the symposium is to expose students to helpful criticism of their current or future research plans and to foster discussions related to their research and careers. The format of the symposium is a short single slide oral presentation of the student's research topic followed by a poster presentation. Places at the doctoral symposium will be limited. The organisers' decision on the acceptance of a student's work for presentation at the symposium will be based on an extended abstract describing the student's research. All submissions will be reviewed for relevance and for quality and clarity of presentation. Accepted abstracts will appear in the doctoral symposium's proceedings,will be distributed to all participants of SLS 2007, and will appear as an IRIDIA Technical Report online (ISSN 1781-3794). Submission ---------------- Submissions of 5-page extended abstracts are invited from doctoral students conducting research on all aspects of engineering stochastic local search algorithms. Submission formatting instructions are available from the Doctoral Symposium web page. By submitting an extended abstract, the author(s) agree that, if their abstract is accepted, they will: 1. Submit a final, revised, camera-ready version by the deadline for camera-ready extended abstracts, 2. Register at least one author for the SLS Workshop 3. Attend the Doctoral Symposium (at least one author) to present their accepted abstract as a poster. Important Dates ---------------- June 01, 2007 Electronic Extended Abstract Submission Deadline June 30, 2007 Author Notifications Sent July 10, 2007 Camera-Ready copy of accepted abstracts due [... edited due to length .... ] -------------------------------- Sender: Frank Moore <[log in to unmask]> Subject: DACI Workshop, GECCO 2007 GECCO 2007 Defense Applications of Computational Intelligence Workshop (formerly Military and Security Applications of Evolutionary Computation) Sunday, July 8, 2007 http://upton9265.net/daci2007/index.html to be held as part of the GECCO-2007 July 7-11, 2007 (Saturday-Wednesday) University College London London, England, UK Organized by ACM SIGEVO http://www.sigevo.org/gecco-2007/ PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR WORKSHOP: Friday, March 23, 2007 Organizers Stephen C. Upton (Referentia Systems, Inc.) Laurence D. Merkle (Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology) Frank W. Moore (University of Alaska Anchorage) Description Within the last decade, the use of computational intelligence techniques for solving challenging defense related problems has achieved widespread acceptance. The genesis of this interest lies in the fact that repeated attempts of using more traditional techniques have left many important problems unsolved, and in some cases, not addressed. Additionally, new problems have emerged that are difficult to tackle with conventional methods, since social, cultural, and human behavioral factors tend to be at the heart of these new types of problems (e.g., within the broad areas of the global war on terrorism, homeland security, and force protection). The purpose of this full-day workshop is to introduce and discuss current and ongoing efforts in using computational intelligence techniques in attacking and solving defense-related problems, with a focus on genetic and evolutionary computation techniques. These include, but are not limited to, the following: * Genetic and evolutionary techniques in the design of military systems and sub-systems. * Genetic and evolutionary techniques for logistics and scheduling of military operations. * Genetic and evolutionary algorithms (GEAs) in strategic planning and tactical decision making. * Multi-objective GEAs for examining tradeoffs in military, security, and counter-terrorism procedures. * Automated discovery of tactics and procedures for site security, force protection, and consequence management. * Genetics-based knowledge discovery and data mining of large databases used to recognize patterns of individual behavior. * Co-evolution for simultaneous red-blue team strategic-tactical simulation and gaming. * Other computational intelligence techniques for applications in the areas listed above. The workshop invites completed or ongoing work in using computational intelligence techniques for addressing these or any other applications to defense related problems. It is intended to encourage communication between active researchers and practitioners to better understand the current scope of efforts within this domain. The ultimate goal is to understand, discuss, and help set future directions for computational intelligence in defense problems. For additional information, please visit the workshop web site at: http://upton9265.net/daci2007/index.html -------------------------------- Sender: Nicolas Monmarche <[log in to unmask]> Subject: First CFP: 8th International Conference on Artificial Evolution(EA'07) 8th International Conference on Artificial Evolution (EA'07) October 29-31 2007, Tours, France http://ea07.hant.li.univ-tours.fr Following EA'05 in Lille, the 8th International Conference on Artificial Evolution EA'07 will take place in Tours (France). Topics of interest: Authors are invited to present original work relevant to artificial evolution, including but not limited to: - Evolutionary Computation, Evolutionary Optimization, Co-evolution, - Artificial Life, Population Dynamics, - Theory, algorithmics and modelling, Implementations, - Application of evolutionary paradigms to the Real World (industry, biosciences,...) - Other biologically-inspired paradigms (swarm, artificial ants, artificial immune systems, ...). - Memetic algorithms, multi-objective optimization, constraint handling, parallel algorithms, dynamic optimization,... - Machine Learning and hybridization with other soft computing techniques. Submission procedure : Electronic submission in pdf format will be possible on the EA'07 website. Paper length should not exceed 12 pages in Springer LNCS format. Mandatory style files for Word and LaTeX (prefered) are available in the author kit. Submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three members of the international Programme Committee. Important dates: Deadline for paper submission: April 27, 2007. Notification of acceptance: June 29, 2007. Final version for conference handouts: September 15, 2007. Conference: Tours, October 29-31, 2007. Conference web site: http://ea07.hant.li.univ-tours.fr [... edited due to length .... ] -------------------------------- Sender: Sevan G. Ficici <[log in to unmask]> Subject: CFP: WS on Evolutionary Computation and Multi-Agent Systems WORKSHOP ON Evolutionary Computation and Multi-Agent Systems and Simulation Workshop (ECoMASS-2007) to be held as part of the GECCO-2007,July 7-11, 2007, Evolutionary computation (EC) and multi-agent systems and simulation (MASS) both involve populations of agents. EC is a learning technique by which a population of individual agents adapt according to the selection pressures exerted by an environment; MASS seeks to understand how to coordinate the actions of a population of (possibly selfish) autonomous agents that share an environment so that some outcome is achieved. Both EC and MASS have top-down and bottom-up features. For example, some aspects of multi-agent system engineering (e.g., mechanism design) are concerned with how top-down structure can constrain or influence individual decisions. Similarly, most work in EC is concerned with how to engineer selective pressures to drive the evolution of individual behavior towards some desired goal. Multi-agent simulation (also called agent-based modeling) addresses the bottom-up issue of how collective behavior emerges from individual action. Likewise, the study of evolutionary dynamics within EC (for example in coevolution) often considers how population-level phenomena emerge from individual-level interactions. Thus, at a high level, we may view EC and MASS as examining and utilizing analogous processes. It is therefore natural to consider how knowledge gained within EC may be relevant to MASS, and vice versa; indeed, applications and techniques from one field have often made use of technologies and algorithms from the other field. Studying EC and MASS in combination is warranted and has the potential to contribute to both fields. The goal of this workshop is to facilitate the examination and development of techniques at the intersection of evolutionary computation and multi-agent systems and simulation. *List of Example Topics -Multi-agent systems and agent-based models utilizing evolutionary computation -Optimization of multi-agent systems and agent-based models using evolutionary computation -Evolutionary computation models which rely not on explicit fitness functions but rather implicit fitness functions defined by the relationship to other individuals / agents -Applications utilizing MASS and EC in combination -Biological agent-based models (usually called individual-based models) involving evolution -Evolution of cooperation and altruism -Genotypic representation of the complex phenotypic strategies of MASS -Evolutionary learning within MASS (including Baldwinian learning and phenotypic plasticity) -Emergence and feedbacks -Open-ended strategy spaces and evolution -Adaptive individuals within evolving populations *Important Dates Paper submission deadline: 23 March, 2007 Notification of acceptance: 30 March, 2007 *Workshop Chairs: Dr. William Rand, Northwestern University Dr. Sevan Ficici, Harvard University For further details please visit Workshop URL: http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~sevan/ecomass07/ [... edited due to length .... ] -------------------------------- Sender: A EKART <[log in to unmask]> Subject: CFP: GECCO 2007 graduate workshop Graduate Student Workshop GECCO 2007, 7-11 July 2007, University College London, UK The Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2007) will present the latest high quality results in the growing field of genetic and evolutionary computation. Topics include: genetic algorithms, genetic programming, evolution strategies, evolutionary programming, real-world applications, learning classifier systems and other genetics-based machine learning, evolvable hardware, artificial life, adaptive behavior, ant colony optimization, swarm intelligence, biological applications, evolutionary robotics, coevolution, artificial immune systems and more. This full day workshop will take place on the 8 July 2007 and will involve presentations by approximately 12 selected graduate students conducting research in some aspect of evolutionary computation. Students will make 15-20 minute presentations to an audience that will include a 'mentor' panel of established researchers in evolutionary computation. Presentations will be followed by a 10 minute question and discussion period led by the mentor panel. The goal of this workshop is to assist students regarding their research: research methodology, goals, and plans. Students will also receive feedback on their presentation style. Other attendees will benefit by learning about current research, engaging in technical discussions and meeting researchers with related interests. Other students are encouraged to attend as a means of strengthening their own research. The group of presenting students will be chosen with the intent of creating a diverse group of students working on a broad range of topic areas. You are an ideal candidate if your thesis topic has already been approved by your university and you have been working on your thesis or dissertation for between 6 and 18 months. Submissions should follow the general format of GECCO submission (see author guidelines on the main GECCO page http://www.sigevo.org/gecco-2007/papers.html). In addition, submissions should be accompanied by a brief cover letter including the student's current enrollment status (MSc or PhD student) and information regarding the extent of their research to date (e.g. number of months on the project, whether they have completed a proposal defense, or some similar indication of progress). Accepted papers will be included with the other workshop papers on the GECCO workshops CD-ROM. Awards will be presented for best work and best presentation. Presenters should plan to present both their current research results and their future research goals and plans. Keeping in mind that the goal is to receive advice and suggestions on both the current status of their research and on their planed future research directions. Information for students including details about travel grants can be found on http://www.sigevo.org/gecco-2007/students.html Submissions should be made electronically to [log in to unmask] with the subject "GECCO 2007 Graduate Student Workshop Submission". Important dates: Friday, 23 March 2007: Paper submission deadline Friday, 30 March 2007: Accepted papers notification Wednesday, 11 April 2007: Camera-ready files submission deadline Wednesday, 11 April 2007: Conference registration deadline for authors presenting workshop papers [... edited due to length .... ] -------------------------------- Sender: Dan Bratton <[log in to unmask]> Subject: GECCO-07 workshop CFP - "Particle Swarms: The Second Decade" Workshop on "PARTICLE SWARMS: THE SECOND DECADE" GECCO-2007 on Sunday, 8 July 2007 (Sessions PM1 and PM2) University College London, UK The particle swarm is a remarkable optimiser that has evolved in the last decade since it was proposed. It has a very simple formulation, yet it is little understood. The aim of this workshop is to attract papers on particularly innovative algorithms, speculative ideas, new theoretical approaches and novel applications that could act as seeds for PSO research in its second decade. Authors of selected papers accepted for the workshops will be invited to submit an extended version of their manuscripts for inclusion in a Special Issue on Particle Swarms of the Journal on Artificial Evolution and Applications (http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jaea/). IMPORTANT DATES: Paper submission deadline: 23 March 2007 Notification of acceptance: 30 March, 2007 Camera-ready copy deadline: 11 April, 2007 Workshop: 8 July, 2007 For further information please visit WEB SITE: http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~cdichi/gecco_ws/ [... edited due to length .... ] -------------------------------- Sender: Frank Moore <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Announcement: GECCO 2007 Undergraduate Student Workshop GECCO 2007 Undergraduate Student Workshop Saturday, July 7, 2007 to be held as part of the GECCO-2007, July 7-11, 2007 (Saturday-Wednesday) www.sigevo.org/GECCO-2007 Details The fifth annual Undergraduate Student Workshop at a GECCO conference will occur on Sunday immediately prior to the GECCO-2007 conference in London, UK. The workshop will provide an opportunity for undergraduate students to present their research in evolutionary computation. Typically, presentations will describe senior-level research projects supervised by a faculty mentor; however, summer research projects or exceptional course projects may also be appropriate. The workshop will be a half-day event, during which approximately eight undergraduate students will present their work to each other, to participating students' faculty mentors, and to GECCO participants interested in undergraduate research. Students should plan on 15-minute presentations, followed by five minutes of questions and discussion. Students invited to the workshop will also participate in the conference poster session. Students will display posters summarizing their work, allowing the larger GECCO community to see what's being done by undergraduates in evolutionary computation. The poster session will also be a great opportunity for networking! The goals of the Undergraduate Student Workshop are to: (*) provide a forum allowing undergraduate students to put a capstone on their undergraduate research activities, by presenting their work at an international conference (*) encourage teaching faculty to consider undergraduate research opportunities for their students in the EC field (*) prepare undergraduate students for graduate work in EC areas (*) encourage sharing and networking amongst teaching faculty with students participating in undergraduate research projects in EC (*) provide networking opportunities for graduate school faculty and undergraduate students interested in pursuing advanced degrees, and (*) encourage more emphasis on education at the GECCO conference Submissions Students are invited to submit papers not to exceed 4 pages that must strictly adhere to the ACM formatting rules; Word and LaTex templates are provided at http://www.sigevo.org/gecco-2007/papers.html. Papers should be submitted in PDF format only and should be submitted via email to [log in to unmask] Be sure to place the text "GECCO 2007 Undergraduate Workshop" in the subject line of your message. For additional information, please refer to the workshop web site at http://ugws2007.cs.rose-hulman.edu/. Faculty Participation Since many undergraduate students do not normally read the EC newsgroups and mailing lists, faculty participation is a key element for promoting this workshop. Faculty who have taught undergraduate courses related to evolutionary computation, or who have supervised undergraduate research activities in the field, are encouraged to consider which of their outstanding students might wish to submit papers for the workshop. In addition, faculty members who are interested in undergraduate education may serve on the workshop panel. The panel will provide an excellent opportunity for sharing project ideas and pedagogy related to evolutionary computation. Interested faculty members should contact the workshop organizers at [log in to unmask] Important Dates Submission deadline: Friday, March 23, 2007 Acceptance notification: Friday, March 30, 2007 Camera ready deadline: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 Contact Point Laurence D. Merkle, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology [log in to unmask] http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~merkle [... edited due to length .... ] -------------------------------- Sender: Janet Wiles <[log in to unmask]> Subject: First Call for Papers Complex'07, Gold Coast Australia, July 2007 Complex'07: 8th Asia-Pacific Complex Systems Conference 2-5 July 2007, Gold Coast, Australia www.complex07.org Complex'07 will be the key complex systems event in Australia and the Asia Pacific region for the year. This conference seeks to bring together those in the region who are actively involved in complex systems research and practice. It also aims to provide an introduction to specialised topics for people seeking to know more about the theoretical and practical aspects of research in complex systems. Call for Submissions -------------------- Abstracts (250 words) are invited in any area of complex systems. The conference will include invited speakers, a main track for papers in any area of complex systems, and a series of special tracks in focussed areas. Main Track - Papers are invited in any area of complex systems Specialized Tracks - Advanced Computational Techniques for Biology and Chemistry - Amorphous Computing - Anomalous Diffusion - Business and Economics - Complex System Science for Australian Business - Complex Systems Challenges in Health Care - Complex Systems Engineering - Complex Systems in the Earth Sciences - Complexity in Energy, Water, and Urban Development - Data Integration in Biology - Defence and Security - Linguistics and Complex Systems - Social Networks and Epidemiology - Social Science and Management - Turbulence in the Environment - Turbulence in Geophysical and Laboratory Systems - Turbulence Modelling Key Dates ========= 23 Mar 2007: Abstracts due 2-5 Jul 2007: Conference For more information and to submit online visit the conference web site at http://www.complex07.org -------------------------------- Sender: DEBORAH RIBEIRO CARVALHO <[log in to unmask]> Subject: CFP - WS on Innovative Applications of Data Mining in the Real World Workshop on Innovative Applications of Data Mining in the Real World 7th Int'l Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications-ISDA-07 October 22-24, 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil The main goal of data mining is to discover or derive new and useful knowledge from data, finding patterns across datasets that can help in intelligent decision making. However, reports of real-world case studies are not generally detailed in the literature, due to the fact that they are usually based on proprietary datasets, making it impossible to publish the results. This kind of situation makes hard to evaluate, in a precise way, the degree of effectiveness in the application of Data Mining techniques, the main problems found in practice, the main solutions adopted, etc. On the other hand, academic projects usually make use of public datasets, rendering it difficult to evaluate the effective contribution of the results obtained, since there is no challenging real-world problem to be investigated. The aims of this workshop are to share the research and experiences in data mining, and bring together professionals (users) and researchers in applied data mining in order to promote the closing of the cycle: investigating new data mining techniques, their application in real-world problems and evaluate how those new techniques contribute to the innovation of alternative solutions in the target problems, making it possible to the participants understand the current state-of-the-art in applied data mining, as well future research directions. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * data preprocessing * real-world applications of data mining in several areas, such as agriculture, public sector, finances, medicine, and so on * data mining systems design * performance analysis * evaluation of the discovered knowledge * innovative data mining technologies PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION Prospective authors are invited to submit a full paper not exceeding 6 pages (PDF), for oral presentation, A4 size, according to IEEE 2 columns format, using MS Word/LaTeX. For more details, see: ISDA 2007 submission page. ( http://www.isda07.eng.uerj.br/submission/) All papers should be submitted electronically via Online Paper Submission System. (http://www.isda07.eng.uerj.br/openconf/author/submit.php) After uploading the paper through the conference web site, please also send a copy of the paper to [log in to unmask] with the WIADMRW2007-PAPER SUBMISSION in the subject place. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper at the workshop. Submitted papers should not have been published elsewhere. All submitted papers will be refereed by experts in the respective fields according to the criteria of originality, significance, quality, and clarity. All accepted papers with paid registration will be included in the Proceedings of ISDA2007, to be published by IEEE Computer Society Press. IMPORTANT DATES * Paper Submission: April 15, 2007 * Notification of Acceptance: June 1st, 2007 * Final Paper Submission: June 15, 2007 Contact the organizers: [log in to unmask] [... edited due to length .... ] -------------------------------- Sender: Peter A.N. Bosman [[log in to unmask]] Subject: EvoDOP 2007 Deadline Extended To March 23, 2007 Workshop Announcement and Call for Participation Workshop on EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS FOR DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS (EvoDOP-2007) http://homepages.cwi.nl/~bosman/evodop2007/ to be held as part of the GECCO-2007, July 07-11, 2007 University College London, London, England www.sigevo.org/gecco-2007 PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE FOR WORKSHOP: March 23, 2007 TOPIC ===== Many real-world optimization problems are dynamic. New jobs are to be added to a schedule, the quality of the raw material may be changing, new orders have to be included into the routing of a fleet of vehicles, etc. In such cases, when the problem changes over the course of the optimization, the purpose of the optimization algorithm changes from finding an optimal solution to being able to continuously track the movement of the optimum through time. Since in a sense natural evolution is a process of continuous adaptation, it seems straightforward to consider evolutionary algorithms as appropriate candidates for dynamic optimization problems. And indeed, several attempts have been made to modify evolutionary algorithms, to tune them for optimization in a changing environment. It was observed in all these studies, that the dynamic environment requires the evolutionary algorithm to maintain sufficient diversity for a continuous adaptation to the changes of the landscape. The following basic strategies for modifying the evolutionary algorithm can be identified: - identify the occurrence of a change in the environment and then deliberately increase diversity in the population e.g. by means of increased mutation - try to avoid convergence all the time, e.g. by including new random individuals in the population in every generation - supply the EA with a memory, e.g. by using diploidy or an explicit memory, so that the EA can recall useful information from past generations. More recent developments in the area include the use of anticipation, the role of flexibility, and multi-criteria aspects. The goal of this workshop is to foster interest in the important subject of evolutionary algorithms for dynamic optimization problems, get together the researchers working on this topic, and to discuss recent trends in the area. IMPORTANT DATES FOR EvoDOP-2007 ============================== March 23, 2007: Paper submission deadline April 03, 2007: Notification of acceptance April 11, 2007: Camera-ready copy deadline WEBSITE ======= The workshop program and further information can be found online. Please check http://homepages.cwi.nl/~bosman/evodop2007/ regularly for the latest information. [... edited due to length .... ] -------------------------------- Sender: Bhanu Prasad <[log in to unmask]> Subject: IICAI-07: call for papers The *3rd Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI-07) *(website: http://www.iiconference.org ) will be held in Pune, INDIA during December 17-19 2007. IICAI-07 is one of the major AI events in the world. This conference focuses on all areas of AI and related fields. We invite paper submissions. Please visit on the conference website for more details. Bhanu Prasad IICAI-07 Chair Department of Computer and Information Sciences Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: 850-412-7350 -------------------------------- Sender: Ying-ping Chen <[log in to unmask]> Subject: LEC 2007 Paper Submissions Deadline Extension Dear Colleague, The submission deadline of LEC 2007 has been extended to March 31, 2007. We sincerely invite you to submit your high quality papers to the special session. Thank you very much! Call for Papers Special Session on Linkage in Evolutionary Computation (LEC 2007) URL: http://lec2007.nclab.tw will be held at 2007 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation September 25-28, 2007, Singapore OVERVIEW & SCOPE Genetic and evolutionary algorithms (GEAs) are powerful search methods based on the paradigm of evolution and widely applied to solve problems in many disciplines. In order to improve the performance and applicability, numerous sophisticated mechanisms have been introduced and integrated into GEAs in the past decades. One major category of these enhancing mechanisms is the concept of linkage, which models the relation between the decision variables with the genetic linkage observed in biological systems, and linkage learning techniques. Linkage learning connects the computational optimization methodologies and the natural evolution mechsnisms. Not only can learning and adapting natural mechanisms enable us to design better computational methodologies, but also the insight gained by observing and analyzing the algorithmic behavior permits us to further understand biological systems, based on which GEAs are developed. This special session aims at providing a forum for reviewing of current state-of-art linkage learning techniques, exchanging of ideas and viewpoints on linkage, as well as discussing the future directions. We invite researchers to submit their original and unpublished work related to, but not limited to, the following topics: * Linkage in biological systems and computational algorithms * Linkage for discrete/continuous variables * Linkage processing, handling, and learning techniques * Identification and utilization of linkage * Adaptation of representation and/or operators for linkage * Theoretical aspects of linkage * Applications of the linkage concept * Position papers * Real-world applications IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission: March 31, 2007 Decision Notification: May 15, 2007 Camera-Ready Submission: June 15, 2007 DOWNLOAD CALL FOR PAPERS A4 Format (http://lec2007.nclab.tw/LEC07-CFP-A4.pdf) Letter Format (http://lec2007.nclab.tw/LEC07-CFP-Letter.pdf) -- Ying-ping Chen Natural Computing Laboratory Department of Computer Science National Chiao Tung University http://ypchen.tw/ [... edited due to length .... ] -------------------------------- Sender: Keshav Dahal <[log in to unmask]> Subject: IEEE CEC 2007 Singapore - Extended Deadline for Paper Submissions: 31 March 2007!!! Extended Deadline for IEEE CEC 2007 Paper Submissions: 31 March 2007!!! Due to overwhelming demand, the deadline for submissions is being extended to 31 March 2007, but please submit as soon as possible to help us minimize delays to the paper review process. This deadline applies to all submissions to special sessions and at large. Please refer to the conference website for details on paper submissions. http://www.cec2007.org The Organizers are committed to make this event a great success by fostering technical exchanges, informing state-of-the-art emerging discoveries, renewing everlasting friendships, and establishing new collaborations. Please submit your papers during the extended grace period, and we look forward to welcoming you and your friends in Singapore this September! General Chairs Kay Chen TAN, National University of Singapore Jian Xin XU, National University of Singapore ISDA 2007: www.isda07.eng.uerj.br Dr Keshav Dahal Senior Lecturer, MOSAIC Research Centre School of Informatics, University of Bradford Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK Web: www.inf.brad.ac.uk/~kpdahal E-mail: [log in to unmask] Tel: +44 1274 234019; Fax: +44 1274 233920 Conferences: CEC 2007: www.cec2007.org ISDA 2007: www.isda07.eng.uerj.br -------------------------------- Sender: Fernando Almeida e Costa <[log in to unmask]> Subject: ECAL2007 news ECAL2007 - 9th European Conference on Artificial Life ***************************************************** Dear all, You may be interested in checking the recent updates or the CFP at: www.ecal2007.org And double check (!) the snapshot or 360 degrees images at: www.ecal2007.org/venue.htm See you all in Lisbon! On behalf of the Organizing Committee, Fernando Almeida e Costa ECAL2007 Chair -------------------------------- Sender: Bhanu Prasad <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Call for book chapters *Note: **Papers are reviewed and accepted/rejected on first come first serve basis* The following two books are planned to be published by Springer-Verlag during 2007/2008: (1). Soft Computing Applications in Business (2). Soft Computing Applications in Industry We invite book chapter contributions. Please see the website: http://www.bhanuprasad.org/chapters.html for more information. Please feel free to contact me if you need additional information. Sincerely Bhanu Prasad Contact address Bhanu Prasad Department of Computer and Information Sciences Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32307, USA Email: bhanupvsr [at] gmail.com Phone: 1-850-412-7350 Fax: 1-850-599-3221 -------------------------------- Sender: Nigel Crook <[log in to unmask]> Subject: IPCAT 2007 - second call for papers - I P C A T 2 0 0 7 - Seventh International Workshop on INFORMATION PROCESSING IN CELLS AND TISSUES 29, 30, 31 August, Jesus College, Oxford, United Kingdom The IPCAT workshop series is concerned with the nature of biological information and the ways in which it is processed in both biological and artificial cells and tissues. All submitted papers will be refereed by the IPCAT2007 scientific committee based on the criteria of originality, significance, quality, and clarity. Selected papers from the proceedings of IPCAT2007 will be published in a special edition of the Biosystems journal. IMPORTANT DATES - Submission deadline: *15th April 2007 *(Revised) - Notification of acceptance: 15th June 2007 - Workshop dates: 29th - 31st August 2007 Conference Website: http://cms.brookes.ac.uk/computing/IPCAT Submission and Registration : http://sotd.brookes.ac.uk/IPCAT2007/openconf/openconf.php Kindest regards, Nigel Crook (General Chair) [log in to unmask] Tjeerd olde Scheper (Programme Chair) [log in to unmask] [... edited due to length .... ] -------------------------------- Sender: Ami Moshaiov <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Extended Dedline for GECCO-07 workshop on the Evolution of Natural and Artificial Systems - Metaphors and Analogies in Single and Multi-Objective Problems GECCO - 07 Workshop on the Evolution of Natural and Artificial Systems - Metaphors and Analogies in Single and Multi-Objective Problems (GECCO- ENAS- 2007) to be held on July 7, 2007 as a part of the GECCO-2007 July 7-11, 2007 (Saturday-Wednesday) University College London Background and Motivation: The aim of this workshop is to understand the similarities and dissimilarities between biological evolution and computational evolution. Work on evolutionary computation (EC) has made extensive use of concepts from biology such as the notion of "the fittest" or "optimal" solution to an evolutionary problem. Other concepts from biology such as mutation, speciation, and co-evolution, have also been used in work on EC. There are two complementary views about the utility of analogy between natural and artificial systems. The first view is that the study of natural systems can lead to the development of better artificial systems. The second view is that the study of artificial systems can lead to new insights on the evolution of natural systems. While the former view is commonly accepted, especially in the EC community, the latter view has yet to be fully accepted and explored. Design, planning and analyses of man-made systems often involve the use of Pareto-optimality and the notion of non-dominancy. When studying biological systems these are not easily apparent. Computational tools, such as Multi-objective Evolutionary Algorithms, may be particularly useful in attempts to understand the nature of evolutionary tradeoffs and the degree to which evolution involves a "balance" between selection for multiple objectives. Topics: * Understanding of applied metaphors and analogies in EC * New metaphors and analogies in EC * Dissimilarities between natural and artificial evolution * The adaptation/optimization debate and its relation to teleology and the notion of objectives * Tradeoffs in natural systems and how these arise * The relationships between niches, species formation and objectives in natural and artificial systems * The relationships between design concepts and "natural concepts" * Co-evolution and its relationship to multi-objective optimization * Other related topics Application areas: Papers on any application area of EC are welcome provided that a discussion is included on the use of metaphors and analogies in the study of natural and artificial systems Important Dates: Paper/extended abstract submission deadline - 30 March, 2007 Notification of acceptance - 4 March, 2007 Camera-ready copy deadline - 11 April, 2007 Registration to the workshop - 11 April, 2007 Workshop - 7 July, 2007 Submission Instructions: Please email a PDF of your paper or extended abstract by the deadline to [log in to unmask] In your email please list name, affiliation, and contact details (including email) of all authors. Please, use the subject line "GECOO-ENAS-2007 SUBMISSION" Papers should not exceed the limit of 8 pages and must abide ACM formatting rules (for details, please visit http://www.sigevo.org/gecco-2007/papers.html). Authors of accepted papers will submit their camera ready files through GECCO submission system. A title page must be sent to [log in to unmask] by the 11th of April. By the same date, the copyright form must be sent to the conference organizers via fax or signed and scanned via email. [... edited due to length .... ] -------------------------------- Sender: Daniel lombrana Gonzalez <[log in to unmask]> Subject: 2nd Workshop on Parallel Bioinspired Algorithms Dear Colleagues, Deadline for the 2nd Workshop on Parallel Bioinspired Algorithms: Next Friday 23. Check the website: URL: http://boinc.unex.es/pba will be held at or 2007 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference July 7-11, 2007, London, England URL: http://www.sigevo.org/gecco-2007/workshops.html Submission Procedure: Send papers directly to: [log in to unmask] Best Papers will be considered for a Special Issue (The Journal will be announced soon). -------------------------------- Sender: Frank Neumann <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Extended Deadline: Special Session "Theoretical Foundations of Evolutionary Computation" at CEC 2007 Deadline extended to March 31 Special Session "Theoretical Foundations of Evolutionary Computation" at the IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC) 2007 September 25-28, 2007, Singapore Aims and Scope Evolutionary computation methods such as evolutionary algorithms or ant colony optimization have been shown to be very successful when dealing with real-world applications or problems from combinatorial optimization. The theoretical understanding of these, in practice successful, algorithms is an important topic and has gained increasing interest in recent years. The aim of this special session is to bring together people working on theoretical aspects of evolutionary computation. Papers are solicited describing original results on all theoretical aspects of evolutionary computation. A theory paper contains formally stated theorems which are proven rigorously. It is not enough to validate a model or a theory by experiments. All papers should be submitted electronically through the conference website. To submit to this special session "sp 33 Theoretical Foundations of Evolutionary Computation" has to be selected as "MAIN RESEARCH TOPIC". Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline (Extended): March 31, 2007 Decision Notification: May 15, 2007 Camera-Ready Submission: June 15, 2007 Further information CEC 2007 http://www.cec2007.org/ Organizers Benjamin Doerr, MPI Saarbruecken Frank Neumann, MPI Saarbruecken -------------------------------- Sender: Uday Chakraborty <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Differential Evolution at CEC-2007: Deadline Extended March 31 Call for Papers: Deadline Extended to March 31 Differential Evolution Special Session IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC-2007 Singapore, September 25-28, 2007, http://www.cec2007.org/ Original, unpublished work is invited. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Theory of differential evolution - Analysis of parameter settings (population size, scale factor, crossover rate) - Multi-objective differential evolution - Differential evolution for noisy problems - Differential evolution for constrained optimization - Hybridization (with local search and other soft computing approaches) - Connections to / comparison with particle swarm optimization - Applications in all areas While submitting your paper using the on-line paper submission system, please choose "sp04: Differential Evolution" as the "Main Research Topic". Special session papers are treated the same way as regular papers in all respects, namely review, presentation, and publication in the proceedings. Authors of selected papers from among those accepted for the differential evolution session will be invited to submit enhanced and substantially improved versions for review (decision within 4 weeks) for possible publication in a special issue of the journal New Mathematics & Natural Computation http://www.worldscinet.com/nmnc/ or as chapters in an edited book (Springer). Paper Submission Deadline: March 31, 2007 Decision Notification: May 15, 2007 Camera-Ready Submission: June 15, 2007 Further details: http://www.cs.umsl.edu/~uday/DE-CEC2007/ Special Session Chair: Uday K. Chakraborty University of Missouri-St. Louis Department of Mathematics and Computer Science MO 63121, USA Phone: + 1 314 516 6339 Fax: +1 314 516 5400 Email: [log in to unmask] -------------------------------- Sender: alexandra <[log in to unmask]> Subject: ICANN'07 paper deadline extension (April 6) ******************************************************************* Deadline for paper submission has been extended until April, 6 ******************************************************************* International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks - ICANN 2007 9-13 September 2007, Ipanema Park Hotel, Porto, Portugal Web page: http://www.icann2007.org *** Last Call for Papers*** June, 29 - Early registration The 17th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 2007, will be held from September 9 through September 13 at the Ipanema Park Hotel, Porto, Portugal. ICANN is an annual conference organized by the European Neural Network Society in co-operation with the International Neural Network Society, and is a premier event in all topics related to neural networks. ICANN 2007 welcomes contributions on the theory, algorithms and applications in the following broad areas: - Computational neuroscience; - Connectionist cognitive science; - Data analysis and pattern recognition; - Graphical network models, Bayesian networks; - Hardware implementations and embedded systems; - Intelligent Multimedia and the Semantic Web; - Neural and hybrid architectures and learning algorithms; - Neural control, planning and robotics applications; - Neural dynamics and complex systems; - Neuroinformatics; - Real world applications; - Self-organization; - Sequential and structured information processing; - Signal and time series processing, blind source separation; - Vision and image processing. Conference Proceedings Published by Springer-Verlag (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Neural Networks Special Issue An extended version of selected ICANN 2007 papers will be published in Special Issue of Elsevier's journal Neural Networks. Sponsors: ENNS, INNS, JNNS, EURASIP, INEB, ISEP, UBI, MICROSOFT Student support available (please see web page) ICANN 2007 Secretariat Gabriela Afonso, INEB, Campus FEUP, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, Porto, Portugal ([log in to unmask]) [... edited due to length .... ] -------------------------------- (UN)SUBSCRIPTION INSTRUCTIONS: - Send submissions (articles) to [log in to unmask] DO NOT send submissions to the [log in to unmask] address. - To subscribe send email to [log in to unmask] containing the following text in the body of the message: subscribe ec-digest-l - To unsubscribe send email to [log in to unmask] containing the following text in the body of the message: unsubscribe ec-digest-l - To change your email address, simply unsubscribe the old address and subscribe the new one. - Send other administrative requests to [log in to unmask] - For further information about the digest, see http://ec-digest.research.ucf.edu -------------------------------- End of Evolutionary Computation Digest ********************************